要死

yào sǐ

Verb

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Definitions

1. extremely
2. awfully

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Grammar

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HSK 2.0 Level 5+ HSK 3.0 Level 7–9+ 6 min

X得要命 and X得要死 for “Extremely” in Casual Speech

Put 得要命 or 得要死 after an adjective or feeling verb to exaggerate, like “to death” or “terribly” in English: 累得要命, 热得要死.

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Example Sentences

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不 要死 ！

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 347135)

誰 要死 了？

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 8215690)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 要死

• 要死不活 要死不活 yào sǐ bù huó: half dead
• 要死要活 要死要活 yào sǐ yào huó: terribly

Child Words of 要死

• 死 死 sǐ: to die
• 要 要 yāo: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
• 要 要 yào: to want; to need; to ask for